Coffee-pot



(No Model.)

G. M. FLORER 82; C. W. MOYER.

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Patented 001;. 15, 1889-.4

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UNITED STATES ATENT Tirion.

GEORGE M. FLORER AND CHARLES W. MOYER, OF BELOIT, KANSAS.

COFFEE-POT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,739, dated October15, 1889.

Application filed July 10, 1889. Serial No. 317,010. (No model.)

To @ZZ wwnt it may concern.-

Be it known that we, GEORGE M. FLORER and CHARLES W. MOYER, citizens ofthe United States, residing at Beloit, in the county of Mitchell andState of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCoffee-Pots; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has relation to improvements in coffee-pots; and it hasfor its object the provision of means wherebyT the steam rising withinthe pot may be carried above the same through a condensing-pipe anddeposited in a condensing-chamber, from which the water of condensationin the form of dripcoffee may be returned to the vessel orpot.

This object we accomplish by the devicesY shown and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a side view of acoffee-pct carrying our improvements. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalcentralsectional view. Fig. 3 is a sectional'view through thecondensing-chamber and tube, showing the chamber upon a portion ofacoffee-pot. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the cover, and Fig. 5 isan inverted plan view of the condensing-chamber removed from the cover.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A indicates a coffee-pot.,which may be of an or dinary or approved construction, having a suitablespout and handle.

B indicates the cover, which is hinged to the pot in the ordinarymanner, and has the usual marginal flangeato enter the pot when thecover has been closed. The top of this l pended within the pot.

cover B is provided with a plurality of apertures b, which are designedto` establish a communication between the interior of the contee-pot andthe several compartments in the lower section of the condensing-chamber.This cover is also provided with a central depending loop d, which isdesigned to receive the stem e of the percolating-holder C, sus- Thisholder C for the coee may be of any suitable construction, the one hereshown having aperforated body and bottom with a hinged top.

D indicates the condensing-chamber. This chamber is formed into an upperand alower compartment by ahorizontal partition f. The lower compartmentis divided into a number of smaller compartments g by means of verticalpartitions h, and the whole device is irmly secured above the cover B.The horizontal wall E is provided with perforations fi, so as to form acommunication or passages from the upper chamber of the condenser to thelower chamber, and from thence through` the cover into the pot. It willbe observed that the-central compartment g is shut oi from communicationwith the upper chamber, so that the water of condensation as it passesfrom the upper chamber is passed through the outer chamber orcompartments g into the coffee-pot.

E indicates'a pipe, which has one end leading from the inside of thecover and the coffee -pot through the condensing-chamber, where it isformed into a loop or eye F, and thence carried into the uppercompartment of the condensing-chamber. It will thus be seen that thispipe is exposedI above the coffee-pot and its condensing-chamber, andmay serve at this point the additional function of a handle or means ofmanipulating the cover and condensing-chamber thereon. The pipe, beingexposed, will serve more efficientlyT as a condenser for the steampassing through it.

In operation, when coffee `has been placed in the percolator and thewater in the pot begins to boil, the steam, rising, will enter the pipeE and, being carried through the same and the loop or eye therein, willdischarge through said pipe into the upper chamber of the condenser. Thecondensation taking place at this point, the water dripping into theupper chamber of the condenser will pass through the apertures fthereininto the two outer lower chambers of the lower compartment, and fromthence through the aperture in the cover into the pot, when 'anexcellent quantity ot drip-coffee may be had, and in a very short time.

lt is obvious that the condensing-chamber may be made fast to the cover;or it may be made separately and secured to the cover in any suitablemanner.

Having described our invention, what we claim is 1. The combination,with a cottee-pot, of a cover having a plurality of apertures in itstop, a condensing-chamber arranged above the cover and divided into anupper and lower compartment, and a pipe leading through the cover fromthe interior of the colee-pot and through the condensing-chamber abovethe same, and having its opposite end opening into the upper compartmentof the condensing-chamber, substantially as specified.

2. The combination, with a coEee-pot, of a cover having perforations inits top, a condensing-chamber arranged above the cover,

` and a steam-pipe passing from the interior of the cover in a loop formabove the condensing-chamber, and having its opposite end entering theupper compartment of said cham ber, whereby said pipe may serve theadditionalfunction of a handle, substantially as specified.

3. The condensing-chamber divided into' an upper and lower compartmentby a horizontal partition, and the lower compartment divided by verticalpartitions, so as to form a central and' two lateral chambers, thelaterajl chambers having their top walls perforated to communicate withthe upper chamber, and a steam-pipe passing through the central lowercompartment above the condenser in a loop form, and having its oppositeend passing into the upper chamber of a condenser, the Whole adapted toserve upon a coffee-pot, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, With a coffee-pot, of a cover having perforations inits top, a percolator suspended from the cover, and acondensing-'chamber arranged above the cover

